Services
The 黑料社区网 Stem Cell Research and Technology Resource Center offers CU Researchers and Industries the following services:
Biosafety Cabinets (24/7)
- Biosafety Cabinet with lab supplies and some consumables
- Biosafety Cabinet without lab supplies and consumables
*It is allowed to work with any human cell line except human Embryonic Fibroblast or human Embryonic Stem Cells.
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iPSC lines
- Thaw iPSCs听
- Expand and Freeze iPSCs
- Mycoplasma Testing
- Surface Stem Cell Markers听
- Trilineage Differentiation Assay
iPSC-Derived NPC(neural) and Neuronal Stem Cell听lines
- Thawing Assay
- Expansion & Freezing
- Mycoplasma Testing
- Surface Stem Cell Markers Assay
Miscellaneous
- Cell Proliferation Assay
- Media changes听
- Live culture of iPSC lines
- Fresh Matrigel/Vitronectin/Geltrex pre-coated plates听
- Generating iPSC cell pellet for RNA/DNA extraction
- Monthly Core usage charge
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iPS Cell Line Request
The Core has several established human Fluorescently and Fluorescently Tagged Human Induced Pluripotent Cell Lines听for purchase for research purposes.听Please contact the director for available cell lines.
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Other Cell Services
- 24/7 Remote Cell Culture Monitoring (Olympus Provi CM20)
- Co2 Shaker with remote controller-Organoid's derivation
- Nucleofector 2b Device 鈥 Transfection system
- Evos M7000 Training
- Olympus IX83 Microscope Training
- Olympus CKX53 Microscope Training
- Olympus Provi CM20 Training
- Neon 听NxT Transfection System Training
- Amaxa Nucleofector System Training
- Consulting
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Incubators
- Monthly rent
- Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions
- Organoids Derivation
- Automatic Cell Tracking
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Fluorescence Microscopes (24/7)
- Inverted Fluorescence Scanner Microscope (Olympus IX83) with live-cell time-lapse capabilities (Live and fixed cell imaging in monolayer or suspensions, organoids, embryos, organotypic slides, etc.)
- Sterile dissection hood equipped with a dissecting Olympus CKX53 microscope and heated/CO2听stage for work with live cultures and live/fixed images.
- Evos 7000 Microscope听with live-cell time-lapse capabilities (Live and fixed cell imaging in monolayer or suspensions, organoids, embryos, organotypic slides, etc.) (1.2X, 2X, 4X, 20X, 40X, 60X, 100X)
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Biorepository
- Vial or box for 100 Cryoviales (Price per month or year)
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Reagents from ThermoFisher听(up to 15听% discount. The final cost already includes shipping costs)
- Media
- Kits
- Supplements
- Serum
- Matrices
- Cytokines
- Small molecules
- Free samples
- Free demos

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Reagents from STEMCELL Technologies听听(up to 15听% discount. The final cost already includes shipping costs)
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Kits and services through Synthego Company (up to 10% discount on products and some services).

Synthego-Synthetic sgRNA Kits:听
- High-efficiency guide RNAs for knockout and knock-in edits
- , design top-scoring guide RNAs for gene knockout
- , a free online tool that provides an easy knockout score
- Gene Knockout Kits v2
- Using our multi-guide design approach for protein-coding genes in human and mouse genome
- Arrayed CRISPR Screening Libraries听
- Available in custom, pre-designed, and whole human/mouse genome gene sets
Synthego-鈥Standard Edits:
- Human iPSCs, ESCs, and Immortalized Cell Lines听
- Fragment deletion听
- Knock-ins up to 2,000 bp (Tag / Region Insertion)听
- Single nucleotide variant changes (SNV)
- Single, Double, and Triple Gene Knock-out (KO)
Look听听to see Synthego's industry-leading guarantees for our cell-editing services.
Type of Edit | Description | Deliverable Type听 | Turn Around Time |
Gene KO听 | Creating a gene KO using a synthetic guide to make a functional protein knockout. Single, double, triple gene KOs are supported. | Pool | 8 鈥 10 weeks |
Clone | 16-20 weeks | ||
SNV Change | Changing a single nucleotide variant (SNV) or single nucleotide polymorphism. It can be either a nucleotide or amino acid change. | Pool | 10 鈥 12 weeks |
Clone | 16-20 weeks | ||
Small Tag/ Insertion | Insert a small tag (100 bp or less) into a genome region.听 | Pool | 10 鈥 12 weeks |
Clone | 16-20 weeks | ||
Large Tag / Region Insertion | Insert a large tag or region of interest (2,000 bp or less) into a targeted genome region.听 | Pool | 16-20 weeks |
Clone | 20-28 weeks |
Synthego-Standard Deliverables for Engineered Cell Projects:听
鈼徧2 independent biological clones or 2 cell pools (2 vials of each: 0.5M cells per vial)
鈼徧2 vials of wild-type isogenic cells mock-transfected pools, passage matched (0.5M cells per vial)
鈼徧鼼enotypic Analysis and Editing Summary Report听
鈼徧鼵ertificate of Analysis
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For pricing information or a quote for a specific project(s), please email听Lucia.GayossoMiranda@colorado.edu听with the following details:听Cell Line,听Knock-out, or Knock-iN. If听Knock-out, please specify the gene name; if听Knock-in, 听type of edit: (i.e., SNV, Myc tag, GFP, etc.). Note: times and dates you are available for a discussion
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Professional Development
- hiPSC training: Over 36听hours of training course.听
It is focused on working with hiPSC in basic and translational research. Lecture topics and hands-on training include iPSC generation and characterization, growth, maintenance, cryopreservation, thawing of hiPSCs, and generation of iPSC-derived cell lines and organoids.
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Custom Services
Please contact the Core director if you require custom services not listed above. We will do our best to accommodate you!